Replication data for: Property Rights and Gender Bias: Evidence from Land Reform in West Bengal

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Sonia Bhalotra; Abhishek Chakravarty; Dilip Mookherjee; Francisco J. Pino

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Project Citation:

Bhalotra, Sonia, Chakravarty, Abhishek, Mookherjee, Dilip, and Pino, Francisco J. Replication data for: Property Rights and Gender Bias: Evidence from Land Reform in West Bengal. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113697V1

Project Description

Summary: We examine intra-household gender-differentiated effects of property rights securitisation following West Bengal's tenancy registration program, using two independently gathered datasets. In both samples, higher program implementation increased male child survival rates in families without a firstborn son, but not in those that already have a firstborn male child. We argue this reflects intensified son preference as land rights improve, ostensibly to ensure a male heir to inherit land. Consistent with this, girls with firstborn brothers also experience increased survival, but not girls with firstborn sisters. The gender bias manifests both in infant mortality rates and the sex ratio at birth.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D13 Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
      I12 Health Behavior
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
      O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
      P14 Capitalist Systems: Property Rights
      Q15 Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment

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